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Paul in Prison https://www.captivefaith.org/prisoners-of-the-bible-era/paul/ My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Read the Bible in a Year | Come join us at any time!  In the name of God who surrounds us; the God who Walks with us; the God who blows through us.  Amen Today’s Reading - 11/01/2019     Day 305 Acts 21:1 - 23:35 11/02/2019     Day 306 Acts 24:1 - 26:32 11/03/2019     Day 307 Acts 27:1 - 28:31 Reflection | Today - Chapter 21 - Paul arrives in Jerusalem in a roundabout way and is asked to observe the rite of purification and tells the disciples stories of the missionary journey and thousand converted to the faith; Jews get rilled up and begin to riot. Paul asks the Roman officials to speak with the crowd. Chapter 22 - Paul speaks of his conversion and his encounter with Jesus and his blindness and healing; then his missionary journey to the Gentiles which stirred up the crowd again; Paul is flogged and then ...

Read |  Day 338 | Friday |  December 4 Acts 24: 1-27 Acts 25: 1-22, 23– 26: 32 Paul on trial before  Agrippa  (Acts 26), as pictured by Nikolai Bodarevsky, 1875 Reading | Paul after being arrest appears before Roman Governor Felix; the governor does not make a decision for two year but he and his wife listens to him often about Jesus to the point of saying "Enough"; Felix leaves his post and Paul in prison; Portus Festus takes over and hears Paul case; Festus hears case and wants to refer to Jerusalem and Paul appeals to the Emperor; King Agrippa and Bernice visit Festus and Festus shares this case - both rehear the case - Paul is convincing; this man does not deserve imprisonment or death. Festus - he could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar... Next | Day 339 | Saturday | December 5  Acts 27: 1-12, 13-26, 27-44 +++ Listen and pray | Book of Common Prayer | The Episcopal Parish of Garrett County, Commonwealth of Ma...